STATE LIABILITY IN TORT A COMPARATIVE LAW STUDY by DUNCAN FAIRGRIEVE, Fairgrieve, Duncan, Duncan Fairgrieve ISBN 9780199258055, 0199258058 instant download

STATE LIABILITY IN TORT A COMPARATIVE LAW STUDY by DUNCAN FAIRGRIEVE, Fairgrieve, Duncan, Duncan Fairgrieve ISBN 9780199258055, 0199258058 instant download

This book examines financial compensation for wrongs committed by public bodies including medical negligence, educational errors, child abuse by local authority carers, and police misconduct. Recent English cases are analysed and compared with European decisions. Explanation is given of ways of gaining compensation outside the courts, through complaints-procedures, ombudsmen, and statutory schemes This book examines financial compensation for wrongs committed by public bodies including medical negligence, educational errors, child abuse by local authority carers, and police misconduct. Recent English cases are analysed and compared with European decisions. Explanation is given of ways of gaining compensation outside the courts. Examining The Topical Sphere Of Governmental Liability In Damages, This Work Argues That There Has Been An Important Shift In The Traditional English Law Approach As Illustrated In A Series Of House Of Lords Decisions. Duncan Fairgrieve. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [325]-348) And Index.